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Most Read Christianity Today Articles of 2008

What caught your mouse’s attention this past year.

Christianity Today January 2, 2009

I will stop clinging to 2008 after this post, but I thought you’d be interested one more top 10 most read.

Earlier, I posted the top read CT politics blog posts and the top read Liveblog posts. Here’s what readers clicked on the most at christianitytoday.com/ct.

1. Q&A: Barack Obama

“I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.”

Interview by Sarah Pulliam and Ted Olsen

2. CT Classic: Cancer’s Unexpected Blessings

When you enter the Valley of the Shadow of Death, things change.

By Tony Snow

3. Help for the Sexually Desperate

More and more, Christian men are admitting they’ve been caught in a vicious cycle.

By John W. Kennedy

4. Willow Creek’s ‘Huge Shift’

Influential megachurch moves away from seeker-sensitive services.

By Matt Branaugh

5. Leaving Lakeland

The Florida Outpouring revival concerned Pentecostal leaders.

By Cary McMullen, The Ledger of Lakeland

6. All You Need to Know About the Assemblies of God

A primer for Palin watchers and others.

By Rich Tatum

7. Barring Yahweh

The Vatican gives orders to excise the name from worship. Do Protestants agree?

By Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

8. Preach and Reach

Despite his liberal record, Barack Obama is making a lot of evangelicals think twice.

By John W. Kennedy

9. Eric Clapton, In the Presence of the Lord

The bluesman has been haunted by God through his early years, his born-again period, and his recovery.

By John Powell

10. Comparing the Platforms

Where the parties stand on abortion, faith-based programs, religious liberty, and other issues.

By CT Staff

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Attitudes Toward Israel, Kash Patel’s Lawsuit, and John Mark Comer’s Fame

Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Americans’ growing frustrations with Israel, Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million, and the popularity of John Mark Comer.

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How a Kidnapping Changed a Theologian’s Mind

Interview by Emmanuel Nwachukwu

An interview with Sunday Bobai Agang about the lessons he learned from his abduction last month.

On America’s 250th, Remember Liberty Denied

Thomas S. Kidd

Three history books on the US slave trade.

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What Christian Athletes Can’t Do

An NBA player’s fall resurrects an old anxiety: When does talking about faith become “detrimental conduct”?

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Facing Arrest, Cuban Christian Influencers Continue Call for Freedom

Hannah Herrera

Young people are using social media to spread the gospel and denounce the Communist regime.

Public Theology Project

Against the Casinofication of the Church

The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins told me about problems that feel eerily similar to what I see in the church.

Wire Story

The Religion Gender Gap Among the Young Is Disappearing

Bob Smietana - Religion News Service

Women still dominate church pews, but studies find that devotion among Gen Z women has cooled to levels on par with Gen Z men.

Just War Theory Is Supposed to Be Frustrating

The venerable theological tradition makes war slower, riskier, costlier, and less efficient—and that’s the point.

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